Annual Meeting 2008 - Agenda

Agenda

126th Annual Meeting

Episcopal Church Women-Diocese of North Carolina
November 7 & 8, 2008 ♦ "Sisters in Mission"

Location: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 520 Summit Street, Winston Salem, NC 27101

Schedule of Events:
Note: All activities, except worship, will take place on the 3rd floor of the new Parish Center, located directly behind the church.

Friday, November 7
Lunch on your own. There are many dining options in the area of the hotel and church.
Noon-2:00 p.m.: Registration. Exhibits & bookstore open
2:10-2:30 p.m.: Welcome and introductions
2:30-3:30 p.m.: Business session I
3:35-3:45 p.m.: Break
3:50-4:50 p.m.: Business session II
4:50-5:00 p.m.: United Thank Offering presenters meet for instructions
5:00-6:30 p.m.: Holy Eucharist. Preacher, the Rt. Rev. Michael B. Curry,
Bishop of North Carolina
6:40-7:10 p.m.: Reception
7:15-8:15 p.m.: Dinner (RSVP required) & entertainment
   
Saturday, November 8
8:00-8:45 a.m.: Exhibits open. Breakfast.
(Complimentary full breakfast is offered at our hotel.
Muffins and coffee available at St. Paul's.)
8:30 a.m.: Morning Prayer
8:50-9:00 a.m.: Announcements
9:00-9:45 a.m.: Program, part I: Keynote address by the Rev. Katharine Babson,
the Episcopal Church's missionary to Myanmar (Burma):
"Sisters in Mission: Old & New, Me & You"
9:50-10:10 a.m.: Break & exhibit visits
10:15-11:15 a.m.: Program, part II: "Botswana & Beyond"
11:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m.: Convocation meetings
12:10-12:20 p.m.: Break
12:25-12:45 p.m.: Program, part III: More thoughts from Reverend Babson:
"A Woman's Call to Mission"
12:50-1:00 p.m.: Closing. Invitation to the 127th Annual Meeting. Blessing and adjournment.
Boxed lunches available (pre order required)
1:30-3:00 p.m.: Diocesan ECW Executive Board meeting